Install Plex Media Server on Ubuntu 14.04 or 16.04

Install Plex Media Server on Ubuntu 14.04 or 16.04.

What is Plex?

Plex is a Media Server that will allow you to stream and organize your videos, directly from your Server. It is full of mind-blowing features like Offline-Sync, Various of Codecs, Casting, Infographics of Show or Movie and much more. The following guide will help you while installing Plex Media Server (PMS) on your Ubuntu 14.04 Servers or VPS. The following guide will also help you on how to connect PMS from Plex Client Application for Windows.

PS : If you own Seedbox from us, we can install it for you, just open a ticket. It depends on the power and the package you are having for Seedbox.

The following guide is for root user only. If you want to install it via user, you will need sudo privileges.

Pre-Install Requisition.

1. You will need one of our VPS or Dedicated Servers, in case you don’t haveone. PMS require huge space, as all files/videos are saved on the server and our VPS starts from 200GB Hard Disk.

2. Make sure your system is up to date.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

3. You will also need Plex Account. You can also consider Plex Pass, It is not necessary, but it gives few more options, like DVR and more.